SARS: A business model we can all learn from.
Posted by Rich...! under Uncategorized on April 30 2007 at 3:21 PMSo BigGuy is having some shit with SARS (aren’t we all bro!). He’s having real trouble though, the kind of trouble that involves getting arrested and having the sheriff attach your possessions. The thing is, he’s not an SA tax payer. He’s not lived here for years. They know this. He’s filled out all the right forms. Twice.
Here’s my fav line from the post:
| When the fascists finally left, they warned my parents that I would be arrested at the airport if I returned to South Africa, and I would only be released after the tax had been paid. Apparently I have no right to question the tax being levied on me until after I have paid the amount I ‘owe’, and I can then claim it back. |
WTF? Pay me what you don’t ow me, then query it, or we’ll arrest you.
Dude, I so want that business model…!
April 30th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Dude, my Mom has calmed down a bit now, and is going to go and see a lawyer…
This could be a new model for growing GDP – Get Expats to hire local lawyers to try and stave off SARS. It’s brilliant, you criminalise all the people who have emmigrated, and you grow the local economy by feeding the lawyers and accountants!
May 1st, 2007 at 8:26 am
Acquiring a business model like that generally requires taking over a government of some sort so it is a tough industry to get into …